1. Peeling the Layers: Questioning a Text

2. Right There Q’s Point to answer in Text Who?, What?, When?, Where? Recall Details of Text What did the author say? RECALL

3. Dig Deep Into Text Can’t point to answer in one place in text Ask Why? or How? What is significance or meaning? Pose Comparisons Ask you to Interpret, Infer, Predict What did the author mean? INTERPRET

4. Go Beyond the Text Q. NOT specifically connected to one particular text Bring up BIG IDEAS Make connections Ask reader to evaluate the ideas, the evidence, the author’s reasoning Is it true? How does it connect with BIG IDEAS, issues, or events? EVALUATE

8. How can people’s past haunt them?

9. What does the author mean when she says “memory is a cruel taskmaster”?

10. If the past makes you, does that mean if you regret the past you despise yourself?

11. In the second paragraph, what examples of contrast does the author use?

12. Why does the author use contrast? How does it strengthen her point?

13. How is this author’s claim different from the other authors we’ we’ve read so far?

14. How do we forgive or redeem ourselves for horrible things we’ve done?

15. Does the author offer enough convincing evidence to support his argument?

16. In the first half of the essay, what kinds of evidence does the author offer as support?

17. Two-Columns Layer 2Layer 3

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